Creating Art for my living is what I do!
Watch the artwork evolve and see how I juggle real life and creativity as a working artist!
Along with my Artist husband, Stephen Filarsky, we built our Art Studio from a 1910 house. Here, I specialize in fine art portraits of adults, children, horses and dogs in oils, watercolors, pastels and graphite.Join me on my blog as I work in my creative space and share life on my mini farm and studio with you!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

It was right before Christmas and all through the south,The storm spread 'round us like a honey tongued mouth,And breathed in our faces, and toppled large trees,Snarled up the traffic and came up to our knees,The shoppers weren't happy, the traveler's not pleased,This snow wasn't planned, we were all ill at ease.But not so the children who squealed with delight, and quickly made snowmen and snowball fights,They slid down the hills on bags and on sleds, rolled in the snow and made angel beds,And while grownups admitted it was a beautiful sight,the kids already knew and frolicked till night,So you would think......, we must know by now, we can't control all things, not what, not how,All we can do is accept certain things, And a snow before Christmas is a beautiful thing!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sandy spent 17 years as a much loved companion to her owners. When she passed they realized that they did not have as many photos as they thought they had. I combined several photos as well as my knowledge of the Labrador retriever breed to create Sandy as they remembered her. Here she is,in this 16 x 20 pastel, smiling and back in a favorite area, hiking through the Smokey Mountains!

Friday, December 18, 2009

This 20 x 20 " pastel collage of Jennifer and her late horse, Bernie was fun to do! I pretty much had free choice in the photo selection as Bernie had passed away the previous year and Jennifer referred me to her Facebook albums. So although Bernie was a talented jumper, he and Jen were also pals and that is what I wanted to convey!This is the second portrait I have created for Jennifer. And although it was not a surprise to her, it IS her Christmas present courtesy of her generous aunt!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Ah one of my favorite things to create-portraits from old photos.The gentleman pulled out a tiny 2 x 3" black and white photo of his family and I created this 18 x 24" pastel from his color descriptions.When he first saw it, he cried. We walked into the framing shop and he is like a child at Christmas, already anticipating the look on his wife's face at Christmas. Yes, life is good!And the ability to create and bring joy into someone's life is even better!

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Artwork! Portraits! Paintings! A WAY of LIFE!

Hey, what can I say? It really IS the greatest JOB in the world! Yes, you CAN make a living from your art. I have for 18 years. Yes, for real! And I am married to an artist (and that is his sole job, too!)Join me each day and share a day in my world.To view my portraits, visit my website and while you are visiting, pop over to Steve's site and see his plein air OILS.

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Artist entrepreneur, M Theresa Brown is a fine art portrait artist who has created portraits as her livelihood since 1990. Her areas of expertise span from realism to abstracts. She and her artist husband Steve Filarsky together are Filarsky Brown Art Studios LLC and their work can be found on line, in thousands of homes, businesses and corporate centers across the globe!